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The Mapleville Energy Plant burns woodchips to generate electricity. The plant comsumes 23,500 tons of woodchips per year and generates 17,380MWh of electricity. Calculate the efficiency of this power plant. Round to the nearest whole number percent.​

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Using the percentage concept, it is found that the efficiency of this power plant is of 74%.

What is a percentage?

The percentage of an amount a over a total amount b is given by a multiplied by 100% and divided by b, that is:

[tex]P = \frac{a}{b} \times 100\%[/tex]

In this problem:

  • The plant consumes 23,500 tons of woodchips, hence b = 23500.
  • The plant generates 17,380MWh of electricity, hence a = 17380.

Then, the efficiency is given by:

[tex]P = \frac{17380}{23500} \times 100\% = 74\%[/tex]

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